Category: Issues

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said while there are many competing health priorities within a small budget, listing pneumococcal vaccination (PCV) in the National Immunisation Programme remains the government’s major priority and to uphold its pledge in the Buku Harapan.

The lack of money has been the stumbling block in making pneumococcal vaccination part of the National Immunisation Programme in Malaysia for over a decade. But the Pakatan Harapan government may finally fulfill their pledge to do so.

Former radio deejay Lau Wai Mee hopes consumers will not be taken for a ride when they tint their vehicles after learning the specifications of the film installed on her vehicle are not reflective of what she had paid for.

Ophthalmologists Dr Narendran Muthukrishnan and Dr Manoharan Shunmugam urge society to pay attention to their eyes by adopting a healthy lifestyle while urging parents to limit their children’s screen time to protect the eyesight of their young ones.

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd has accused the Education Ministry of breach of contract and not acting in good faith by terminating 1BestariNet and Frog Virtual Learning Environment (Frog VLE) services offered by the company to over 10,000 schools nationwide.

As new Internet service and learning platform system in Malaysian schools begin today, YTL Communications managing director Datuk Yeoh Seok Hong and FrogAsia executive director Lou Yeoh say they will continue to provide services to over 10,000 schools for free for the next six months and that its 1BRIS towers will remain active as per their contract with the Education Ministry.